New Orleans Voodoo Revival

In New Orleans, Louisiana, various groups practicing African diasporic religions have established since the closing decades of the 20th century. Although usually practicing versions of Haitian Vodou or Cuban Santería, they have largely adopted the term "Voodoo" in reference to Louisiana Voodoo, the religion present in that region from the 18th to the early 20th century.

During the Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to the 19th century, West and Central Africans were forcibly transplanted to the Americas, where their traditional religions syncretized with Christianity and other non-African influences to develop new traditions, such as Haitian Vodou or Cuban Santería. In Louisiana, a tradition commonly termed Voodoo emerged and survived into the early 20th century, at which point it died out, although some vernacular traditions persevered as Hoodoo. After the 1960s, the New Orleans tourist industry increasingly used references to Voodoo to attract visitors, while a Voodoo revival took place, the practitioners of which often drew heavily on other African diasporic religions.

The New Orleans Voodoo Revival differs from historical Louisiana Voodoo in various respects. Rather than venerating the deities historically venerated in Louisiana, it often focuses attention on the lwa, spirits found in Haitian Vodou.